A shocking and twisty novel of psychological suspense about a boundary-breaking love affair between a doctor and her patient, by Jane Shemilt, Edgar-nominated, #1 international bestselling author of The Daughter.
What price would you pay for falling in love?
Rachel is a respected doctor who lives in a picturesque and affluent English village where her husband Nathan teaches at an elite private school. Competent, unflappable, and nearing 50, Rachel has everything in her life firmly in her control, even if some of its early luster has worn off. But one day a new patient arrives at her practice for emergency treatment. Luc is a French painter married to a wealthy American woman whoâs just bought and restored a historic home on the edge of Rachelâs posh neighborhood. The couple has only recently arrived, but Luc is struggling with a mental disorder, and so he goes to the nearest clinicâ¦to Rachel.
Their attraction is instant, and as Rachelâs sense of ethics wars with newly awakened passion, the affair blinds her to everything else happening around her. A longtime patient appears to be following her every movement, turning up unexpectedly wherever she goes. Her somewhat estranged adult daughter Lizzie is hiding a secretâor at least, hiding it from Rachel. Nathan has grown sour and cold as wellâor is that merely Rachelâs guilty conscience weighing on her? But when one of her colleagues winds up murdered and Luc is arrested for the crime, everything Rachel didnât know about her life explodes into the openâalong with her affair with her patientâa disgrace and scandal that will have consequences no one could have predicted.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Author : Shemilt, Jane
Language : English
Published :2022-05-03
Number Of Pages : 320
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0063115212
ISBN-13 : 9780063115217
Item weight : 0.51 lb
Dimensions : 0.87 in x 5.28 in x 7.91 in
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